Navaho

[nav-uh-hoh, nah-vuh-]

noun, plural Nav·a·hos, Nav·a·hoes, (especially collectively) Nav·a·ho, adjective

Navajo

or Nav·a·ho

[nav-uh-hoh, nah-vuh-]

noun, plural Nav·a·jos, Nav·a·joes, (especially collectively) Nav·a·jo for 1.

a member of the principal tribe of the southern division of the Athabaskan stock of North American Indians, located in New Mexico and Arizona, and now constituting the largest tribal group in the U.S.

the Athabaskan language of the Navajo.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of the Navajo, their language, or their culture: a Navajo blanket.

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Historical Examples of navaho

The Navaho had drawn rein to tail in behind the pony of his leader.
Bloom of Cactus
Robert Ames Bennet
The country was now unknown ground even to the old Navaho guide.
Bloom of Cactus
Robert Ames Bennet
The only other explanation was that the Navaho had been posted as guard at the cross cliff.
Bloom of Cactus
Robert Ames Bennet
Pete and the wounded Navaho hogtied Lennon with expert quickness.
Bloom of Cactus
Robert Ames Bennet
The young Navaho sprang forward, jabbering to his fellow tribesman.
Bloom of Cactus
Robert Ames Bennet

British Dictionary definitions for navaho

Navaho

Navajo

noun

plural -ho, -hos, -hoes, -jo, -jos or -joes a member of a North American Indian people of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah

the language of this people, belonging to the Athapascan group of the Na-Dene phylum

Word Origin for Navaho

C18: from Spanish Navajó pueblo, from Tena Navahu large planted field

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Word Origin and History for navaho

Navajo

Athabaskan people and language, 1780, from Spanish Apaches de Nabaju (1629), from Tewa (Tanoan) Navahu, said to mean literally "large field" or "large planted field," containing nava "field" and hu "valley." Spanish Navajo was used 17c. in reference to the area now in northwestern New Mexico.